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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $8,000
Sold for: Unsold
27 original photographs by Avraham Soskin, mounted in an album, presented as a souvenir to Maxa Nordau, daughter of Max Nordau. Tel-Aviv, 1926.
Twenty seven original photographs taken by photographer Avraham Soskin, documenting the first years of Tel-Aviv and the neighborhoods named after Max Nordau - Nordia and Tel Nordau, the reinterment of the remains of Max Nordau and his grave.
A leaf is pasted at the opening of the album with a printed dedication: "With the Compliments of the Township of Tel-Aviv, to Miss Maxa Nordau, In Souvenir of Her Visit to Tel-Aviv in May 1926".
The photographs portray: the first meeting of Tel-Aviv proprietors on the site of Tel-Aviv ("The Seashell Lottery", April 11, 1909) - rare photograph; Leveling sand dunes; Herzl street in 1910 and in the years 1924-1925; Rothschild Boulevard (in the years 1910,1925); Herzlia Gymnasium; Nordia quarter; Tel Nordau neighborhood; the reinterment of the remains of Max Nordau opposite the old city hall building; Menachem Ussishkin delivering a speech in memory of Nordau in "Beit Ha'am"; Nordau's grave; and more. Photographs are accompanied by title-notes (English). Not signed.
Maxa Nordau (1897-1991) - French painter, illustrator and author, the only daughter of Max Nordau (1849-1923) - one of the founders of the Zionist Movement, philosopher, physician and author, born in Hungary. Nordau died in 1923, while visiting Paris. In 1926 his remains were buried in Eretz Israel, in the cemetery on Trumpeldor Street in Tel-Aviv.
Avraham Soskin (1881-1963) was born in Russia and moved to Eretz Israel in 1905. Soskin settled in the German Colony in Jaffa and opened a photography studio by the name of "Photographia Progress" together with G. Bruck. Soskin moved to Herzl Street 24 in the year 1914, to a house where he lived on the second floor with his family and which also served him as a studio; in this studio, named "Photographia A. Soskin" he worked for 19 years, until the year 1933 (when the studio was closed).
Soskin, known as the "Tel-Aviv Photographer", was one of the most prominent photographers working in Eretz Israel during the Yishuv period and is well-known for his photographs which document the first two decades of the first Jewish City; some of Soskin's photos from those years turned to be iconic and most identified with the early days of Tel-Aviv, and are included in this album.
Enclosed is the book "Album of Tel-Aviv Views by Photographer Avraham Soskin" (Berlin, 1926): on the first page of the book appears a handwritten dedication signed by David Bloch-Blumenfeld, mayor of Tel-Aviv at the time, in honor of Anna, widow of Max Nordau: "Madam Anna Max Nordau, with the Compliments of the Township of Tel-Aviv, D. Bloch".
Photographs: 9X16.5 cm - 11.5X16.5 cm. Album: 22X27.5 cm, cardboard cover, bound with string. Photographs in good condition. Some damages to album binding. "Album of Tel-Aviv Views": binding in fair condition, tears. Some stains and tears to margins of first leaves.
Twenty seven original photographs taken by photographer Avraham Soskin, documenting the first years of Tel-Aviv and the neighborhoods named after Max Nordau - Nordia and Tel Nordau, the reinterment of the remains of Max Nordau and his grave.
A leaf is pasted at the opening of the album with a printed dedication: "With the Compliments of the Township of Tel-Aviv, to Miss Maxa Nordau, In Souvenir of Her Visit to Tel-Aviv in May 1926".
The photographs portray: the first meeting of Tel-Aviv proprietors on the site of Tel-Aviv ("The Seashell Lottery", April 11, 1909) - rare photograph; Leveling sand dunes; Herzl street in 1910 and in the years 1924-1925; Rothschild Boulevard (in the years 1910,1925); Herzlia Gymnasium; Nordia quarter; Tel Nordau neighborhood; the reinterment of the remains of Max Nordau opposite the old city hall building; Menachem Ussishkin delivering a speech in memory of Nordau in "Beit Ha'am"; Nordau's grave; and more. Photographs are accompanied by title-notes (English). Not signed.
Maxa Nordau (1897-1991) - French painter, illustrator and author, the only daughter of Max Nordau (1849-1923) - one of the founders of the Zionist Movement, philosopher, physician and author, born in Hungary. Nordau died in 1923, while visiting Paris. In 1926 his remains were buried in Eretz Israel, in the cemetery on Trumpeldor Street in Tel-Aviv.
Avraham Soskin (1881-1963) was born in Russia and moved to Eretz Israel in 1905. Soskin settled in the German Colony in Jaffa and opened a photography studio by the name of "Photographia Progress" together with G. Bruck. Soskin moved to Herzl Street 24 in the year 1914, to a house where he lived on the second floor with his family and which also served him as a studio; in this studio, named "Photographia A. Soskin" he worked for 19 years, until the year 1933 (when the studio was closed).
Soskin, known as the "Tel-Aviv Photographer", was one of the most prominent photographers working in Eretz Israel during the Yishuv period and is well-known for his photographs which document the first two decades of the first Jewish City; some of Soskin's photos from those years turned to be iconic and most identified with the early days of Tel-Aviv, and are included in this album.
Enclosed is the book "Album of Tel-Aviv Views by Photographer Avraham Soskin" (Berlin, 1926): on the first page of the book appears a handwritten dedication signed by David Bloch-Blumenfeld, mayor of Tel-Aviv at the time, in honor of Anna, widow of Max Nordau: "Madam Anna Max Nordau, with the Compliments of the Township of Tel-Aviv, D. Bloch".
Photographs: 9X16.5 cm - 11.5X16.5 cm. Album: 22X27.5 cm, cardboard cover, bound with string. Photographs in good condition. Some damages to album binding. "Album of Tel-Aviv Views": binding in fair condition, tears. Some stains and tears to margins of first leaves.
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Rare and Important Items
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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $10,000
Sold for: $16,250
Including buyer's premium
Approximately 460 paper items from the private archive of the biblical scholar Yehiel Michal Zabludowski of Bialystok. Correspondences with intellectuals and rabbis, press editorials, publishers and authors from all over Europe, as well as detailed manuscripts of biblical exegesis compositions. Bialystok, Warsaw, Lvov, Vilnius, Lemberg, Lancut, Tiberias and other locations, [ca. 1860-1869]. Hebrew, some German, Russian and Yiddish.
A rich and comprehensive archive documenting through letters, drafts and printed items the early days of Hebrew journalism in Eastern Europe, as reflected in diverse correspondences between Yehiel Michal Zabludowski and intellectuals of his period.
Yehiel Michal ben Haim Zabludowski (1803-1869), physician and optician by profession, lived and worked in Bialystok in the first half of the 19th century and enjoyed financial wealth all his life. Being an enthusiastic supporter of the Haskalah Movement and one of its heralds, maintained contacts with leading intellectuals of his period, assisted in distributing their writings and was well known for his contribution to the rise of Hebrew journalism. Among other things, Zabludowski corresponded with the founders of newspapers Shmuel Joseph Fuenn ("HaCarmel"), Yitzchak (Arnold) Goldenblum and Alexander Halevi Zederboim ("HaMelitz"), Haim Selig Slonimski ("HaZfira"), Joseph Kohn Zedek ("HaMevasser"), and many others. The archive contains:
Hundreds of letters and drafts, bound according to the order of correspondence, in five bundles:
· Letters from editors and founders of newspapers: 46 letters from the editor of the periodical "HaCarmel" Shmuel Joseph Fuenn (1818-1891). The letters contain a personal announcement that Fuenn received a license from the Czarist régime to print the paper; letters concerning his intention to widen the activity of the printing press and the distribution of the paper, alongside other topics; 7 letters from Joseph Kohn Zedek, founder and editor of "HaMevasser" and "HaNesher" and 12 letters from his relative Shaul Hacohen Katzenellensohn; 4 letters from the editor of "HaZfira" Haim Selig Sonimski and 12 letters from his associate Zvi Dov Habavli; and more.
· 6 letters from Ya'akov Reifmann, with a short handwritten composition titled "21 Things related to Purim" with 21 short paragraphs about the holiday and the Megilah; consultation related to Reifmann's intention to publish two new compositions authored by him, "Chikrey Avot" and "Meshiv Ta'am" and more.
· Letter of a philosophical-biblical nature, handwritten by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalisher, from 1862, introducing pro-Zionist commentary to "Arba HaGe'ulot" according to the Zohar.
· Letter from Yehudah Shershewsky to Rabbi Halpern, Rebbe of Bialystok (author of "Oneg Yom Tov"), from 1859.
· Letter handwritten by the poet Yehudah Leib Gordon from 1868.
· Correspondences with various people, among them: letters from Zvi Hacohen Shershewsky ("father" of the Hebrew feuilleton), Yitzchak Michaelowsky, Aharon Moshe Schatzkit (Moshe Aharon ben Yehoshua Schatzkes?) , Aharon Moshe Padwa, Joseph Yitzchak Kabak (editor of "Ginzei Nistarot"), Zvi Hirsch Bodek, Yitzchak Goldman, Yitzchak Weisman, Yerahmiel Klatsko, David Gordon, Yehudah Shershewsky; letters from Israel Meir Wohlman concerning a composition about to be published in "HaKochavim" - a periodical which he edited, a letter from David Schiffmann in Tiberias; and more. Numerous letters are written on official stationery of the above newspapers.
55 Printed Items - Rare Issues, public appeals, promotional leaflets and essays:
· "Rosh HaCarmel": special leaflet towards the first publication of "HaCarmel" paper, of 15 Adar, 5620 [1860], with an official announcement about the license to print the paper and the format of the planned issue.
· Various leaves printed during the foundation period of "HaMelitz" with announcements about the printing license granted by Czarist authorities and public appeals to recruit writers, of January and August 1860, in Hebrew, German and Yiddish.
· Receipt for an annual subscription to "HaMelitz" for the years 1865-1866, signed by the publisher.
· "HaZfira, news periodical", pre-publication issue, unnumbered (marked as No 0) of "HaZfira" paper with outline of the paper's nature, prices of issues and other matters (printed in Odessa in 1861).
· "Kol Mevasser", promotional leaflet announcing the publication of "HaMevasser" and "HaNesher". Lemberg, 1862.
· "Otzar Chochma, periodical, anthology: study of ancient languages, biblical commentaries… poetry… by Joseph Kohn Zedek" (Hebrew), promotional leaflet for anthology published by Joseph Kohn Zedek. Lemberg, [1861].
· Issues and "supplements" of "HaCarmel" and "HaMagid", with studies and essays by Yehiel Michal Zabludowski (on some of them appear comments and corrections, handwritten).
Most of the above items are not listed in the National Library of Israel collections.
Essays ready for printing and manuscripts by Yehiel Michal Zabludowski:
· manuscripts of Talmudic exegesis, weekly Torah portions and scrolls of Eicha and Esther, numbered and divided into signatures, according to biblical books. 459 pp.
· Manuscripts of Zabludowski's essays which were published in "HaCarmel" (on which he later based his composition "May Michal", published in Vilnius in 1873). 96 pp.
Lot of approximately 460 items. Size and condition vary. Overall fair-good condition. Stains, creases and tears [mostly slight]. Some are on official stationery.
A rich and comprehensive archive documenting through letters, drafts and printed items the early days of Hebrew journalism in Eastern Europe, as reflected in diverse correspondences between Yehiel Michal Zabludowski and intellectuals of his period.
Yehiel Michal ben Haim Zabludowski (1803-1869), physician and optician by profession, lived and worked in Bialystok in the first half of the 19th century and enjoyed financial wealth all his life. Being an enthusiastic supporter of the Haskalah Movement and one of its heralds, maintained contacts with leading intellectuals of his period, assisted in distributing their writings and was well known for his contribution to the rise of Hebrew journalism. Among other things, Zabludowski corresponded with the founders of newspapers Shmuel Joseph Fuenn ("HaCarmel"), Yitzchak (Arnold) Goldenblum and Alexander Halevi Zederboim ("HaMelitz"), Haim Selig Slonimski ("HaZfira"), Joseph Kohn Zedek ("HaMevasser"), and many others. The archive contains:
Hundreds of letters and drafts, bound according to the order of correspondence, in five bundles:
· Letters from editors and founders of newspapers: 46 letters from the editor of the periodical "HaCarmel" Shmuel Joseph Fuenn (1818-1891). The letters contain a personal announcement that Fuenn received a license from the Czarist régime to print the paper; letters concerning his intention to widen the activity of the printing press and the distribution of the paper, alongside other topics; 7 letters from Joseph Kohn Zedek, founder and editor of "HaMevasser" and "HaNesher" and 12 letters from his relative Shaul Hacohen Katzenellensohn; 4 letters from the editor of "HaZfira" Haim Selig Sonimski and 12 letters from his associate Zvi Dov Habavli; and more.
· 6 letters from Ya'akov Reifmann, with a short handwritten composition titled "21 Things related to Purim" with 21 short paragraphs about the holiday and the Megilah; consultation related to Reifmann's intention to publish two new compositions authored by him, "Chikrey Avot" and "Meshiv Ta'am" and more.
· Letter of a philosophical-biblical nature, handwritten by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalisher, from 1862, introducing pro-Zionist commentary to "Arba HaGe'ulot" according to the Zohar.
· Letter from Yehudah Shershewsky to Rabbi Halpern, Rebbe of Bialystok (author of "Oneg Yom Tov"), from 1859.
· Letter handwritten by the poet Yehudah Leib Gordon from 1868.
· Correspondences with various people, among them: letters from Zvi Hacohen Shershewsky ("father" of the Hebrew feuilleton), Yitzchak Michaelowsky, Aharon Moshe Schatzkit (Moshe Aharon ben Yehoshua Schatzkes?) , Aharon Moshe Padwa, Joseph Yitzchak Kabak (editor of "Ginzei Nistarot"), Zvi Hirsch Bodek, Yitzchak Goldman, Yitzchak Weisman, Yerahmiel Klatsko, David Gordon, Yehudah Shershewsky; letters from Israel Meir Wohlman concerning a composition about to be published in "HaKochavim" - a periodical which he edited, a letter from David Schiffmann in Tiberias; and more. Numerous letters are written on official stationery of the above newspapers.
55 Printed Items - Rare Issues, public appeals, promotional leaflets and essays:
· "Rosh HaCarmel": special leaflet towards the first publication of "HaCarmel" paper, of 15 Adar, 5620 [1860], with an official announcement about the license to print the paper and the format of the planned issue.
· Various leaves printed during the foundation period of "HaMelitz" with announcements about the printing license granted by Czarist authorities and public appeals to recruit writers, of January and August 1860, in Hebrew, German and Yiddish.
· Receipt for an annual subscription to "HaMelitz" for the years 1865-1866, signed by the publisher.
· "HaZfira, news periodical", pre-publication issue, unnumbered (marked as No 0) of "HaZfira" paper with outline of the paper's nature, prices of issues and other matters (printed in Odessa in 1861).
· "Kol Mevasser", promotional leaflet announcing the publication of "HaMevasser" and "HaNesher". Lemberg, 1862.
· "Otzar Chochma, periodical, anthology: study of ancient languages, biblical commentaries… poetry… by Joseph Kohn Zedek" (Hebrew), promotional leaflet for anthology published by Joseph Kohn Zedek. Lemberg, [1861].
· Issues and "supplements" of "HaCarmel" and "HaMagid", with studies and essays by Yehiel Michal Zabludowski (on some of them appear comments and corrections, handwritten).
Most of the above items are not listed in the National Library of Israel collections.
Essays ready for printing and manuscripts by Yehiel Michal Zabludowski:
· manuscripts of Talmudic exegesis, weekly Torah portions and scrolls of Eicha and Esther, numbered and divided into signatures, according to biblical books. 459 pp.
· Manuscripts of Zabludowski's essays which were published in "HaCarmel" (on which he later based his composition "May Michal", published in Vilnius in 1873). 96 pp.
Lot of approximately 460 items. Size and condition vary. Overall fair-good condition. Stains, creases and tears [mostly slight]. Some are on official stationery.
Category
Rare and Important Items
Catalogue Value
Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $4,000
Sold for: $5,000
Including buyer's premium
23 autograph letters by Ephraim Deinard, addressed to the collector Elkan Nathan Adler. New-Jersey (USA), Ferrara, Ancona, Mantua, Thessaloniki, Constantinople, Beirut, Jerusalem and Ramleh. Most letters from ca. 1902-1910. Hebrew (two letters in English).
Deinard's letters to Adler are mainly about books and include lists of books for sale, descriptions of rare books which he discovered throughout his travels, instructions and comments concerning shipment of books and payment for them, and more. Deinard refers in his letters, in his unique language, full of criticism and humor, to life in the USA and England, to politics and religion, to his travels and visits to various Jewish congregations, and more.
The letters shed light on Deinard's occupation as collector and book dealer. The letters reveal the scope of Deinard's library (in many letters he refers to shipment of cases full of books, and in one letter he even mentions shipment of 22 cases), as well as the richness of the library, Deinard's love of books and his bibliographic expertise. Deinard mentions more than once rare and precious books and Hebrew manuscripts, or writes to his friend that he found an unknown book.
In some of the letters Deinard mentions dignitaries who purchased books from him, among them Mayer Sulzberger (1843-1923), judge, public activist and Jewish-American leader, one of the founders of several Jewish organizations in the USA, who held in his library numerous Hebrew books, rare and precious.
Some letters were written during Deinard's travels in various places around the world - Italy, Turkey, Eretz Israel, and more - and he describes his impressions of various encounters and his searches for manuscripts. For example, in one letter he describes a visit to Nablus, and in another he sums up one of his journeys: "I did not complete my travels, particularly, I did not travel to China to research and search for the Jews who are dwelling there from ancient times... until this day, not one of the multitudes of Jews has risen to the task of searching for his lost brothers in this faraway land".
In a letter from 1902 Deinard mentions the fifth Zionist Congress, in which Adler participated, and writes about "the noise which was aroused by delegates who are concerned with their people's wellbeing…", "Hibat Zion" movement and the opposition against it: "Jews in Western Europe - and mainly the rich ones - became like slaves and this moved them away from Hibat Zion…"
In another letter Deinard writes about the United States: "we lack nothing - no money, no objects and no ancient books but… people are not Jewish and the Jews are not people…"
Ephraim Deinard (1846-1930) - Hebrew bibliographer and author, book collector and book dealer; one of the greatest Hebrew bibliographers in modern times; historian and polemicist, considered as a fascinating and colorful figure. Deinard was born in Sasmaka (present day Valdemārpil, Latvia). When still young he travelled around the world, studied various Jewish congregations, and collected Hebrew books and manuscripts. In the 1880s he maintained a book shop in Odessa. In 1888 immigrated to the United States, where he continued to sell books and attempted to establish a Jewish agricultural colony in Nevada. When his attempt failed he immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1913 and settled in Ramleh. There too he tried to establish a Jewish agricultural settlement, but in 1916 he was deported by the Turks and was obliged to return to the United States.
Deinard's collections served to found departments of Hebrew books in leading libraries in the USA, and catalogues of his books were an important source for research of Hebrew literature and culture. Deinard composed tens of books, among them study books and controversial polemic books (against Christianity, against Hasidism, and more). Deinard was considered a provocative author and many of his book aroused harsh criticism. However, many of his polemic books were forgotten over time.
Addressee of the letters - Elkan Nathan Adler (1861-1946), was a Jewish-British attorney, author and collector of Hebrew books and manuscripts; son of Nathan Marcus Adler, chief rabbi of the British Empire. Adler spent several years in journeys to the East and visited various Jewish congregations. Among other places, he visited Egypt (one of the first to study the documents in the Cairo Genizah), Syria, Persia, India and Yemen. During his journey he looked for Hebrew books and manuscripts and over the years established a collection which was considered one of the most comprehensive private book collections in the world.
23 letters, (out of which five are written on postcards), and two sections of letters. Many of the letters were written on Deinard's official stationery in New-Jersey. One letter was written on his stationery in Ramleh - "Deinard Garden, Ramleh (Palestine)". All of the letters, except for one, are written by hand in legible square script.
Enclosed: two envelopes addressed to Elkan Nathan Adler and two leaves (on blue paper) with lists of books.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Folding marks, tears to some letters (one letter torn into two at folding mark). Stains (some dampstains, with ink smears).
Deinard's letters to Adler are mainly about books and include lists of books for sale, descriptions of rare books which he discovered throughout his travels, instructions and comments concerning shipment of books and payment for them, and more. Deinard refers in his letters, in his unique language, full of criticism and humor, to life in the USA and England, to politics and religion, to his travels and visits to various Jewish congregations, and more.
The letters shed light on Deinard's occupation as collector and book dealer. The letters reveal the scope of Deinard's library (in many letters he refers to shipment of cases full of books, and in one letter he even mentions shipment of 22 cases), as well as the richness of the library, Deinard's love of books and his bibliographic expertise. Deinard mentions more than once rare and precious books and Hebrew manuscripts, or writes to his friend that he found an unknown book.
In some of the letters Deinard mentions dignitaries who purchased books from him, among them Mayer Sulzberger (1843-1923), judge, public activist and Jewish-American leader, one of the founders of several Jewish organizations in the USA, who held in his library numerous Hebrew books, rare and precious.
Some letters were written during Deinard's travels in various places around the world - Italy, Turkey, Eretz Israel, and more - and he describes his impressions of various encounters and his searches for manuscripts. For example, in one letter he describes a visit to Nablus, and in another he sums up one of his journeys: "I did not complete my travels, particularly, I did not travel to China to research and search for the Jews who are dwelling there from ancient times... until this day, not one of the multitudes of Jews has risen to the task of searching for his lost brothers in this faraway land".
In a letter from 1902 Deinard mentions the fifth Zionist Congress, in which Adler participated, and writes about "the noise which was aroused by delegates who are concerned with their people's wellbeing…", "Hibat Zion" movement and the opposition against it: "Jews in Western Europe - and mainly the rich ones - became like slaves and this moved them away from Hibat Zion…"
In another letter Deinard writes about the United States: "we lack nothing - no money, no objects and no ancient books but… people are not Jewish and the Jews are not people…"
Ephraim Deinard (1846-1930) - Hebrew bibliographer and author, book collector and book dealer; one of the greatest Hebrew bibliographers in modern times; historian and polemicist, considered as a fascinating and colorful figure. Deinard was born in Sasmaka (present day Valdemārpil, Latvia). When still young he travelled around the world, studied various Jewish congregations, and collected Hebrew books and manuscripts. In the 1880s he maintained a book shop in Odessa. In 1888 immigrated to the United States, where he continued to sell books and attempted to establish a Jewish agricultural colony in Nevada. When his attempt failed he immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1913 and settled in Ramleh. There too he tried to establish a Jewish agricultural settlement, but in 1916 he was deported by the Turks and was obliged to return to the United States.
Deinard's collections served to found departments of Hebrew books in leading libraries in the USA, and catalogues of his books were an important source for research of Hebrew literature and culture. Deinard composed tens of books, among them study books and controversial polemic books (against Christianity, against Hasidism, and more). Deinard was considered a provocative author and many of his book aroused harsh criticism. However, many of his polemic books were forgotten over time.
Addressee of the letters - Elkan Nathan Adler (1861-1946), was a Jewish-British attorney, author and collector of Hebrew books and manuscripts; son of Nathan Marcus Adler, chief rabbi of the British Empire. Adler spent several years in journeys to the East and visited various Jewish congregations. Among other places, he visited Egypt (one of the first to study the documents in the Cairo Genizah), Syria, Persia, India and Yemen. During his journey he looked for Hebrew books and manuscripts and over the years established a collection which was considered one of the most comprehensive private book collections in the world.
23 letters, (out of which five are written on postcards), and two sections of letters. Many of the letters were written on Deinard's official stationery in New-Jersey. One letter was written on his stationery in Ramleh - "Deinard Garden, Ramleh (Palestine)". All of the letters, except for one, are written by hand in legible square script.
Enclosed: two envelopes addressed to Elkan Nathan Adler and two leaves (on blue paper) with lists of books.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Folding marks, tears to some letters (one letter torn into two at folding mark). Stains (some dampstains, with ink smears).
Category
Rare and Important Items
Catalogue Value
Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $4,000
Sold for: Unsold
Sixteen autograph letters from Zionist philosophers, leaders and activists, including a letter from one of the forerunner of Zionism, Moses Hess, and letters from some of the first members the Zionist Movement (among them Alfred Nossig, Alfred Klee, Berthold Feiwel, Otto Warburg, and many others). Some letters are addressed to Dr. Theodor Zlocisti, Jewish-German physician, author, translator and one of the first Zionists.
1. Autograph letter from Moses (Moshe) Hess, addressed to his brother. Paris, 1847. German.
2. Autograph letter from Aryeh Leib Yaffe. Heidelberg, 1899. German.
3. Autograph letter from Dr. Max Isidor (Yitzchak) Bodenheimer, addressed to Dr. Theodor Zlocisti. Cologne, 1900. German.
4. A letter signed by Yona (Johann) Kremenezky. Vienna, 1904.German.
5. A three-page autograph letter from Otto Warburg, about "Bezalel" art academy and Eretz Israel. Berlin, August 30, 1905. German.
Warburg expresses in this letter his opposition to presenting to the emperor the idea of "Bezalel" and asking the emperor to be the "patron" of "Bezalel" [decision about the foundation of "Bezalel" was taken in the seventh Zionist congress in 1905. "Bezalel" was opened in Jerusalem in February 1906]. Further in the letter Warburg refers to the shortage of doctors and nurses in Eretz Israel.
6. Autograph letter from Friedrich Samuel Beer, a Jewish-Austrian sculptor, friend of Theodor Herzl and of the first Zionist congress participants. Florence, 1905.German.
In the letter, addressed probably to Dr. Theodor Zlocisti, Beer refers to an article which Zlocisti wrote about him and his works in "Ost und West".
7. Autograph letter from Alfred Nossig, about convening a protest-meeting regarding the pogroms against Russian Jews. Berlin, 1905.
8. Autograph letter from Alfred Klee, addressed to Dr. Theodor Zlocisti. Berlin, 1906. German.
9. Autograph letter from Max Emanuel Mandelstamm, concerning planting an olive orchard in Eretz Israel. Vienna, 1907.
10. Autograph letter from Baruch Berthold Feiwel, addressed to Dr. Theodor Zlocisti. Berlin, 1909. German.
11. Autograph letter from Nahum Sokolow, in which he expresses his wish to come to Eretz Israel. Constantinople, 5670 [1909].
12. Autograph letter from Ahad Ha'am (Asher Ginzberg) addressed to the author Mordechai Ben-Ami. London, 5669 [1909]. Hebrew.
13. Autograph letter from Leo Motzkin. Berlin, 1911. German.
14. Autograph letter from David Wolfson, addressed to Dr. Zlocisti. Cologne, 1913. German.
15. Autograph letter from Nathan Birnbaum concerning a Hebrew translation of his book Gottes Volk ("People of God"). Berlin, 1921. German.
16. Autograph letter from Arthur Menachem Hantke. Hahnenklee (Germany). 1925. German.
Some letters are written on official stationery.
Total of 16 documents. Size and condition vary. Ink stamps.
1. Autograph letter from Moses (Moshe) Hess, addressed to his brother. Paris, 1847. German.
2. Autograph letter from Aryeh Leib Yaffe. Heidelberg, 1899. German.
3. Autograph letter from Dr. Max Isidor (Yitzchak) Bodenheimer, addressed to Dr. Theodor Zlocisti. Cologne, 1900. German.
4. A letter signed by Yona (Johann) Kremenezky. Vienna, 1904.German.
5. A three-page autograph letter from Otto Warburg, about "Bezalel" art academy and Eretz Israel. Berlin, August 30, 1905. German.
Warburg expresses in this letter his opposition to presenting to the emperor the idea of "Bezalel" and asking the emperor to be the "patron" of "Bezalel" [decision about the foundation of "Bezalel" was taken in the seventh Zionist congress in 1905. "Bezalel" was opened in Jerusalem in February 1906]. Further in the letter Warburg refers to the shortage of doctors and nurses in Eretz Israel.
6. Autograph letter from Friedrich Samuel Beer, a Jewish-Austrian sculptor, friend of Theodor Herzl and of the first Zionist congress participants. Florence, 1905.German.
In the letter, addressed probably to Dr. Theodor Zlocisti, Beer refers to an article which Zlocisti wrote about him and his works in "Ost und West".
7. Autograph letter from Alfred Nossig, about convening a protest-meeting regarding the pogroms against Russian Jews. Berlin, 1905.
8. Autograph letter from Alfred Klee, addressed to Dr. Theodor Zlocisti. Berlin, 1906. German.
9. Autograph letter from Max Emanuel Mandelstamm, concerning planting an olive orchard in Eretz Israel. Vienna, 1907.
10. Autograph letter from Baruch Berthold Feiwel, addressed to Dr. Theodor Zlocisti. Berlin, 1909. German.
11. Autograph letter from Nahum Sokolow, in which he expresses his wish to come to Eretz Israel. Constantinople, 5670 [1909].
12. Autograph letter from Ahad Ha'am (Asher Ginzberg) addressed to the author Mordechai Ben-Ami. London, 5669 [1909]. Hebrew.
13. Autograph letter from Leo Motzkin. Berlin, 1911. German.
14. Autograph letter from David Wolfson, addressed to Dr. Zlocisti. Cologne, 1913. German.
15. Autograph letter from Nathan Birnbaum concerning a Hebrew translation of his book Gottes Volk ("People of God"). Berlin, 1921. German.
16. Autograph letter from Arthur Menachem Hantke. Hahnenklee (Germany). 1925. German.
Some letters are written on official stationery.
Total of 16 documents. Size and condition vary. Ink stamps.
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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $3,000
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Fifteen autograph letters from Hebrew authors, poets and intellectuals, among them letters from heralds of Modern Hebrew literature:
1. An autograph letter from Yehudah Leib Gordon. 5646 [1886]. A letter about settlement in Eretz Israel. At the end of the letter Gordon states: "In HaMelitz… to be published tomorrow, you will find my essay about the panic in Petach Tikva. License has been granted today to publish HaMelitz daily".
2. Autograph letter from Moshe Leib Lilienblum. Odessa, March 5643 [1883]. Lilienblum writes at the end of the letter: "today, as I was told, three hundred Russians travel from here to the Holy Land to establish a colony!".
3. Autograph letter from Micha Josef Berdyczewski, 1904.
4. Handwritten postcard from Reuben Brainin, addressed to Aharon Hermoni, 1908.
5-6. Two handwritten postcards, from S. (Shalom Ya'akov) Abramovich, "Mendele Mocher Sforim", addressed to the author Mordechai Ben-Ami (Rabinovich). One postcard is written in Hebrew and sent in 1905, the other is written in Russian and sent in 1915.
7. A long autograph letter (two pages) from David Frischmann, 1886.
8. Autograph letter from Hillel Zeitlin, 1922.
9. "Yerushalayim Ir ha-Kodesh" [Jerusalem the Holy City], a poem handwritten by Emanuel Harussi, [1982]." Jerusalem the Holy City" was the song of the Jerusalemite Company of Gedud Ha'avodah whose members worked in quarrying, chiseling and building in Jerusalem.
10. Handwritten postcard from Jakob Klatzkin, addressed to the author Mordechai Ben-Ami (Rabinovitz), 1907.
11. Autograph letter from S. Ben-Zion (Simcha Ben- Zion Alter Gutman), addressed to Prof. Boris Schatz.
12. Autograph letter from Mordechai ben Hillel Hacohen, regarding "Bezalel" and Boris Schatz, 5690 [1930].
13. A poem handwritten by David Shimonovitch (Shimoni), 5688 [1927].
14. Autograph letter from Alexander Ziskind Rabinovich (AZAR), addressed to the author Mordechai Ben-Ami, 5682 [1922].
15. Four pages, handwritten by Joseph Klausner, eulogy in memory of Shmuel Gershman, 5711 [1951].
Total of 15 documents. Size and condition vary. Letter by Frischmann in fair condition. Ink stamps.
1. An autograph letter from Yehudah Leib Gordon. 5646 [1886]. A letter about settlement in Eretz Israel. At the end of the letter Gordon states: "In HaMelitz… to be published tomorrow, you will find my essay about the panic in Petach Tikva. License has been granted today to publish HaMelitz daily".
2. Autograph letter from Moshe Leib Lilienblum. Odessa, March 5643 [1883]. Lilienblum writes at the end of the letter: "today, as I was told, three hundred Russians travel from here to the Holy Land to establish a colony!".
3. Autograph letter from Micha Josef Berdyczewski, 1904.
4. Handwritten postcard from Reuben Brainin, addressed to Aharon Hermoni, 1908.
5-6. Two handwritten postcards, from S. (Shalom Ya'akov) Abramovich, "Mendele Mocher Sforim", addressed to the author Mordechai Ben-Ami (Rabinovich). One postcard is written in Hebrew and sent in 1905, the other is written in Russian and sent in 1915.
7. A long autograph letter (two pages) from David Frischmann, 1886.
8. Autograph letter from Hillel Zeitlin, 1922.
9. "Yerushalayim Ir ha-Kodesh" [Jerusalem the Holy City], a poem handwritten by Emanuel Harussi, [1982]." Jerusalem the Holy City" was the song of the Jerusalemite Company of Gedud Ha'avodah whose members worked in quarrying, chiseling and building in Jerusalem.
10. Handwritten postcard from Jakob Klatzkin, addressed to the author Mordechai Ben-Ami (Rabinovitz), 1907.
11. Autograph letter from S. Ben-Zion (Simcha Ben- Zion Alter Gutman), addressed to Prof. Boris Schatz.
12. Autograph letter from Mordechai ben Hillel Hacohen, regarding "Bezalel" and Boris Schatz, 5690 [1930].
13. A poem handwritten by David Shimonovitch (Shimoni), 5688 [1927].
14. Autograph letter from Alexander Ziskind Rabinovich (AZAR), addressed to the author Mordechai Ben-Ami, 5682 [1922].
15. Four pages, handwritten by Joseph Klausner, eulogy in memory of Shmuel Gershman, 5711 [1951].
Total of 15 documents. Size and condition vary. Letter by Frischmann in fair condition. Ink stamps.
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![A notebook, handwritten by the poet Zelda (Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky). Eretz Israel, [ca. 1940s].
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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $10,000
Sold for: $16,250
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A notebook, handwritten by the poet Zelda (Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky). Eretz Israel, [ca. 1940s].
10 poems and two tales which have not been printed, apparently composed during the 1940s, in the beginning of her literary career.
This notebook contains a unique and unknown selection of Zelda's early work which has not yet been printed. Most of the poems are written in the style of her early poems, resembling prose poetry and using lines of various lengths and unvowelized text. Other poems in the notebook are written in a more careful style, more reminiscent of her later poetry.
The poems in this notebook reflect Zelda's mystic-symbolic world and are full of literary expressions in her characteristic style.
At the end of the notebook, with a separate title page, are two tales. The first tale describes an ideal word which was destroyed and the second an inferno which was rehabilitated.
Zelda (Shayna Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky) was born in 1914 in Yekaterinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk), Ukraine, to the Schneerson family - the family of Chabad rebbes. At 11 years of age, she moved to Jerusalem together with her parents and her maternal grandfather, R. David Zvi Chen (a leading Chabad rabbi). A short while after their aliya, her father and grandfather died and she and her mother remained without support. Her long years as an orphan greatly impacted her poetry (see items 88-89). In 1950, she wed Aryeh Mishkovsky (son of R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky Rabbi of Krynki). For many years, she earned her livelihood from teaching and avoided the limelight. Although she wrote poetry and stories since a young age, her first collection of poetry, was published in 1967 when she was 53 years old. This book was accepted with open arms as soon as it was published and elevated its creator to an exceptional status in the world of Hebrew poetry. In addition to six poetry books which were published in her lifetime, Zelda also published her poetry in other literary outlets. She died in Jerusalem in 1984. With the passing of years, she became a symbolic figure of Israeli culture and the interest sparked by her and poems is constantly growing. Many books and research were written on Zelda's works. Recent examples are a book of her poems and drawings titled Tzipor Achuzat Kesem (An Enchanted Bird), published in Jerusalem (2014) and a documentary film named "Zelda, a simple woman" (the Ha'Ivrim series, staged by Ya'ir Kedar, 2015).
[33] handwritten pages + a note cut from the notebook (part of the notebook is blank). 20.5 cm. The notebook is in good condition. The first page (without any text) is dark and cut at the bottom. Several leaves have been torn out. Cover in fair condition. Front cover detached. Tears to spine and minor damages to margins.
10 poems and two tales which have not been printed, apparently composed during the 1940s, in the beginning of her literary career.
This notebook contains a unique and unknown selection of Zelda's early work which has not yet been printed. Most of the poems are written in the style of her early poems, resembling prose poetry and using lines of various lengths and unvowelized text. Other poems in the notebook are written in a more careful style, more reminiscent of her later poetry.
The poems in this notebook reflect Zelda's mystic-symbolic world and are full of literary expressions in her characteristic style.
At the end of the notebook, with a separate title page, are two tales. The first tale describes an ideal word which was destroyed and the second an inferno which was rehabilitated.
Zelda (Shayna Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky) was born in 1914 in Yekaterinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk), Ukraine, to the Schneerson family - the family of Chabad rebbes. At 11 years of age, she moved to Jerusalem together with her parents and her maternal grandfather, R. David Zvi Chen (a leading Chabad rabbi). A short while after their aliya, her father and grandfather died and she and her mother remained without support. Her long years as an orphan greatly impacted her poetry (see items 88-89). In 1950, she wed Aryeh Mishkovsky (son of R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky Rabbi of Krynki). For many years, she earned her livelihood from teaching and avoided the limelight. Although she wrote poetry and stories since a young age, her first collection of poetry, was published in 1967 when she was 53 years old. This book was accepted with open arms as soon as it was published and elevated its creator to an exceptional status in the world of Hebrew poetry. In addition to six poetry books which were published in her lifetime, Zelda also published her poetry in other literary outlets. She died in Jerusalem in 1984. With the passing of years, she became a symbolic figure of Israeli culture and the interest sparked by her and poems is constantly growing. Many books and research were written on Zelda's works. Recent examples are a book of her poems and drawings titled Tzipor Achuzat Kesem (An Enchanted Bird), published in Jerusalem (2014) and a documentary film named "Zelda, a simple woman" (the Ha'Ivrim series, staged by Ya'ir Kedar, 2015).
[33] handwritten pages + a note cut from the notebook (part of the notebook is blank). 20.5 cm. The notebook is in good condition. The first page (without any text) is dark and cut at the bottom. Several leaves have been torn out. Cover in fair condition. Front cover detached. Tears to spine and minor damages to margins.
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November 15, 2016
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A notebook handwritten by Yehuda Amichai. London, Cambridge, Amsterdam and other locations, summer, 1970.
A notebook documenting Yehuda Amichai's journey to Europe in the summer of 1970. The notebook contains drafts of poems, journey-impressions, ideas for plays, original arrangement of a theater stage, dreams, practical notes, and more.
The nature of the notebook is diverse, and it seems that Amichai carried it with him to various sites and used it concurrently as a dated diary, address book and sketch book. Most of the leaves feature literary passages in various stages of editing and development (some are only several lines while others are complete and edited drafts), and they all reflect the poet's mood when he travelled, as well as some subjects which are repeated in his poetry: "Not to lose at once. Like a pen, glasses, a man dies suddenly. Suddenly you don't see the person anymore…" (Hebrew), from a draft dated 25.7.
More than once, Amichai mentions in this notebook sites and places which he visited: House of Anna Frank, Red Lights District and the Military Cemetery (most probably a German one), all depicted in his poetic style.
Many of the drafts are accompanied by comments, additions and deletions (most of them crossed off with a thin line enabling to read the deleted line) and reveal something about the process of his work.
Among the descriptions of dreams, which bear the imprint of the journey, is a detailed description of a dream about a dead friend named Binyamin: "I was in a strange synagogue near a path... I asked about Binyamin. Went out. Was suntanned and with white hair… on the mountain a Hassidic exhibition with tiny dolls…" (Hebrew).
A few words (mainly names and places) are written in English and German.
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000), one of the leading modern poets in the Hebrew language, was born to an orthodox family in Würzburg, Germany, and immigrated with his family to Eretz Israel at the age of 11. During World War II he volunteered to the British Army, and when the War of Independence broke out he was drafted to the "Negev Brigade". After the war he studied literature
and biblical studies at the Hebrew University. His first poetry book "Achshav UbeYamin Ha'acherim" (Now and in Other Days) was published in 1955, and ever since Amichai never stopped publishing until his death in the year 2000. His literary oeuvre encompasses 13 poetry books, two novels, a book of short stories, and numerous plays and radio-plays, and even children's books. Amichai won the Israel Prize for Literature (1982).
[34] handwritten pages. Good condition. 20.5 cm. Some creases and folds. Creases and damages to cover (mainly to spine).
Provenance: Bonhams: The Roy Davids Collection. Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets. Part III, Lot 8 (April 10th 2013).
A notebook documenting Yehuda Amichai's journey to Europe in the summer of 1970. The notebook contains drafts of poems, journey-impressions, ideas for plays, original arrangement of a theater stage, dreams, practical notes, and more.
The nature of the notebook is diverse, and it seems that Amichai carried it with him to various sites and used it concurrently as a dated diary, address book and sketch book. Most of the leaves feature literary passages in various stages of editing and development (some are only several lines while others are complete and edited drafts), and they all reflect the poet's mood when he travelled, as well as some subjects which are repeated in his poetry: "Not to lose at once. Like a pen, glasses, a man dies suddenly. Suddenly you don't see the person anymore…" (Hebrew), from a draft dated 25.7.
More than once, Amichai mentions in this notebook sites and places which he visited: House of Anna Frank, Red Lights District and the Military Cemetery (most probably a German one), all depicted in his poetic style.
Many of the drafts are accompanied by comments, additions and deletions (most of them crossed off with a thin line enabling to read the deleted line) and reveal something about the process of his work.
Among the descriptions of dreams, which bear the imprint of the journey, is a detailed description of a dream about a dead friend named Binyamin: "I was in a strange synagogue near a path... I asked about Binyamin. Went out. Was suntanned and with white hair… on the mountain a Hassidic exhibition with tiny dolls…" (Hebrew).
A few words (mainly names and places) are written in English and German.
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000), one of the leading modern poets in the Hebrew language, was born to an orthodox family in Würzburg, Germany, and immigrated with his family to Eretz Israel at the age of 11. During World War II he volunteered to the British Army, and when the War of Independence broke out he was drafted to the "Negev Brigade". After the war he studied literature
and biblical studies at the Hebrew University. His first poetry book "Achshav UbeYamin Ha'acherim" (Now and in Other Days) was published in 1955, and ever since Amichai never stopped publishing until his death in the year 2000. His literary oeuvre encompasses 13 poetry books, two novels, a book of short stories, and numerous plays and radio-plays, and even children's books. Amichai won the Israel Prize for Literature (1982).
[34] handwritten pages. Good condition. 20.5 cm. Some creases and folds. Creases and damages to cover (mainly to spine).
Provenance: Bonhams: The Roy Davids Collection. Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets. Part III, Lot 8 (April 10th 2013).
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November 15, 2016
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About 270 leaflets, posters, broadsides and various items issued by the communist movement in Eretz Israel. Haifa, Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, 1917-1948. Hebrew, Yiddish and some Arabic.
A diverse and rich collection, encompassing years of operation of the Communist movement in Eretz Israel since its foundation towards the end of World War I until the Israeli Independence War.
The communist movement in Eretz Israel was organized as a party for the first time in 1919, following the retirement of the right wing from the "Po'alei Zion" party. The separation from "Po'alei Zion" and the success of the communist revolution in Russia, encouraged the followers of left wing-radical ideology to form an organization and they founded the "Hebrew Socialist Workers Party" which was the first communist party in Eretz Israel.
Over the years the movement was involved in various political activities: many youth movements were established, bulletins and leaflets were printed and arguments between members led to splits between parties several times. The Zionist-Communist movement reached its peak in the elections to the second Knesset (the communist party got seven mandates), but in the decades to come, due to various political disputes and tensions, the popularity of the party faded. This collection presents a unique and diverse selection from the various phases during the Yishuv period.
Among the items:
· "Telegrams", collected news from world media through the telegraph. Nine stenciled paper sheets distributed during World War I, 1917-1918. The nature of the reports reflects a pro-Russian attitude, and it is possible that the news were reported by the first supporters of Communist Russia in Eretz Israel. Several issues appear in a number of copies.
· Ten issues of "The Communist Party of Palestine" official newspaper (sub-title: "tzentral-rat fun der arbiter-fraktsye" (organization of Eretz Israel workers), printed between April and December 1925. Printed under different names, due to the "Journalism Law", which enforced financial limitations and censorship on papers which were officially printed. On the upper margins appears an inscription: "proletaryer fun ale lender, faraynikt aykh!" (Workers of the world - unite!).
· Issues 1-3 of "HaLapid", first bulletin of "Palestine Communist Youth League", printed in May-July 1928, (issues 2 and 3 bound into one brochure). Colorful illustrated title pages.
· "HaLochem HaTza'ir", booklet published by "HaNo'ar HaOved BeEretz Israel named after B. Borochov", June 7, 1925. Short writings, sayings by Marx, and more.
· "The Young Communist", three issues on behalf of the "Palestine Communist Youth League", dated 1926 and 1927 and the third with no date (most probably from late 1920s). Each issue is devoted to a different affair in the history of the communist party: life of Rosa Luxemburg, fall of the Parisian Commune and the rise of the Soviet Union.
· About 40 broadsides and posters issued by "Mifleget Po'alei Zion", mid-late 1920s. Adoption of an extreme ideological view, which is different from the one introduced by the party and using a language of the communist propaganda. Printed on some: "Workers of all nations - unite!".
· Four booklets and a broadside in Arabic, printed on behalf of Jewish communist organizations in Eretz Israel in mid-late 1920s.
· Issues 1-3 and 5-8 of the communist party bulletin "Igeret LaChaver", printed between February-October 1948.
· Nine large posters (average size 65X50 cm) on behalf of the communist party. 1940s. Four are electoral posters and five are posters about various subjects.
Size and condition vary. Fair-good overall condition. Stains and creases. Folding marks to some items. Some posters are printed on brown paper with crumbling margins.
A diverse and rich collection, encompassing years of operation of the Communist movement in Eretz Israel since its foundation towards the end of World War I until the Israeli Independence War.
The communist movement in Eretz Israel was organized as a party for the first time in 1919, following the retirement of the right wing from the "Po'alei Zion" party. The separation from "Po'alei Zion" and the success of the communist revolution in Russia, encouraged the followers of left wing-radical ideology to form an organization and they founded the "Hebrew Socialist Workers Party" which was the first communist party in Eretz Israel.
Over the years the movement was involved in various political activities: many youth movements were established, bulletins and leaflets were printed and arguments between members led to splits between parties several times. The Zionist-Communist movement reached its peak in the elections to the second Knesset (the communist party got seven mandates), but in the decades to come, due to various political disputes and tensions, the popularity of the party faded. This collection presents a unique and diverse selection from the various phases during the Yishuv period.
Among the items:
· "Telegrams", collected news from world media through the telegraph. Nine stenciled paper sheets distributed during World War I, 1917-1918. The nature of the reports reflects a pro-Russian attitude, and it is possible that the news were reported by the first supporters of Communist Russia in Eretz Israel. Several issues appear in a number of copies.
· Ten issues of "The Communist Party of Palestine" official newspaper (sub-title: "tzentral-rat fun der arbiter-fraktsye" (organization of Eretz Israel workers), printed between April and December 1925. Printed under different names, due to the "Journalism Law", which enforced financial limitations and censorship on papers which were officially printed. On the upper margins appears an inscription: "proletaryer fun ale lender, faraynikt aykh!" (Workers of the world - unite!).
· Issues 1-3 of "HaLapid", first bulletin of "Palestine Communist Youth League", printed in May-July 1928, (issues 2 and 3 bound into one brochure). Colorful illustrated title pages.
· "HaLochem HaTza'ir", booklet published by "HaNo'ar HaOved BeEretz Israel named after B. Borochov", June 7, 1925. Short writings, sayings by Marx, and more.
· "The Young Communist", three issues on behalf of the "Palestine Communist Youth League", dated 1926 and 1927 and the third with no date (most probably from late 1920s). Each issue is devoted to a different affair in the history of the communist party: life of Rosa Luxemburg, fall of the Parisian Commune and the rise of the Soviet Union.
· About 40 broadsides and posters issued by "Mifleget Po'alei Zion", mid-late 1920s. Adoption of an extreme ideological view, which is different from the one introduced by the party and using a language of the communist propaganda. Printed on some: "Workers of all nations - unite!".
· Four booklets and a broadside in Arabic, printed on behalf of Jewish communist organizations in Eretz Israel in mid-late 1920s.
· Issues 1-3 and 5-8 of the communist party bulletin "Igeret LaChaver", printed between February-October 1948.
· Nine large posters (average size 65X50 cm) on behalf of the communist party. 1940s. Four are electoral posters and five are posters about various subjects.
Size and condition vary. Fair-good overall condition. Stains and creases. Folding marks to some items. Some posters are printed on brown paper with crumbling margins.
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November 15, 2016
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $3,750
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About 350 paper items related to the Canaanites movement and issues the periodical "Alef". Letters, drafts of essays, literary items, official issues, posters and broadsides. Eretz Israel, late 1930s till the early 1950s. Hebrew and some English.
The Canaanites (formerly "Council for the Coalition of Hebrew Youth"), was a cultural and ideological movement that influenced political thought, art, literature and intellectual life in Eretz Israel and in the young State of Israel. Its members attempted to draw a direct link between the people who lived in Eretz Israel in the second millennium BCE, and the Jewish people in Eretz Israel in the twentieth century, and through this create an old-new culture and to disaffiliate themselves from Jewish tradition. The title Canaanites was given to the group, ironically, by the poet Avraham Shlonsky.
The periodical "Alef" issued by "HaIvrim HaTze'irim" (Canaanites) was published and edited by Aharon Amir and Yonatan Ratosh in cooperation with the movement members and close associates: Adaya Horon (A.G. Horon), Amos Keinan. Binyamin Tamuz and others.
Among the items:
· "K'tav el HaNo'ar HaIvri", manifest of the Canaanites movement from 1943 composed by Yonatan Ratosh who authored the early theoretical-ideological doctrine of the movement.
· 25 printed items issued by the Canaanites and the editorial of "Alef", including drafts and early versions of the movement platform, center's regulations for inner distribution, promotion leaflet enclosed with a souvenir-issue of "Alef" (with a stub to order a subscription), and some other items.
· 22 "declaration" forms - an official form on which those who intended to join the movement had to sign, declaring that they adopt the "Canaanite" ideology. 14 forms filled out by hand and 8 blank forms.
· "HaTechiya HaIvrit", draft of an essay or composition written by hand, with the early ideological ideas of the movement, basic definitions and the ideological change that it meant to initiate (1940s).
· 24 issues of "Alef", the central periodical of the Canaanites, edited by Yonatan Ratosh and Aharon Amir. Includes issues 1-19 (printed between 1951-1953), four unnumbered copies from the years 1971-1972, and an additional issue, earlier than the others, which was apparently printed in 1949 (including the first publication by Amos Keinan, the story "HaNoter Hamemushkaf im HaKarabina").
· "Permit to publish a paper", original permit issued by the State of Israel to distribute "Alef", dated 27.3.1950.
· 37 various handwritten paper items concerning the editorial of the paper and the Movement. Summaries of meetings, personal details of the movement's members, ideological arguments, early versions of the movement's platform and additional documentation on notes and various documents.
· 80 letters and drafts, out of correspondences between the editorial staff of "Alef" (mainly Aharon Amir) and various intellectuals. Among them: a letter to Aharon Amir from Gershom Schocken, on official stationery of "HaAretz" newspaper (1950), discussing the possibility of literary collaboration between the two; copies of letters from "Alef" editorial to the newspapers "Yediot Ahronot" and "Ma'ariv" in response to false publications and inaccuracies about the movement; a letter from 1950, from a Lehi member (signed "ex-Lehi member"), concerning the affinities and ideological gaps between Lehi movement and the Canaanites; a furious letter of response, not signed, written in a rude and disparaging language following an article published by Ze'ev Hanun in the paper; copy of a request submitted in 1949 to the Rector of the Hebrew University, asking to let Yonatan Ratosh deliver a guest-lecture in the university; and more.
· Two promotional posters for issues of "Alef" (January and September 1951), and one small poster.
· About 140 press cuttings from various newspapers in which articles about the Canaanites movement and its members have been published, from the years 1951-1952.
· Additional items.
Size and condition vary. Fair-good overall condition. Folding marks, stains, creases and some tears to part of the items. Filing holes to several items. Open tears to several items, not affecting text.
The Canaanites (formerly "Council for the Coalition of Hebrew Youth"), was a cultural and ideological movement that influenced political thought, art, literature and intellectual life in Eretz Israel and in the young State of Israel. Its members attempted to draw a direct link between the people who lived in Eretz Israel in the second millennium BCE, and the Jewish people in Eretz Israel in the twentieth century, and through this create an old-new culture and to disaffiliate themselves from Jewish tradition. The title Canaanites was given to the group, ironically, by the poet Avraham Shlonsky.
The periodical "Alef" issued by "HaIvrim HaTze'irim" (Canaanites) was published and edited by Aharon Amir and Yonatan Ratosh in cooperation with the movement members and close associates: Adaya Horon (A.G. Horon), Amos Keinan. Binyamin Tamuz and others.
Among the items:
· "K'tav el HaNo'ar HaIvri", manifest of the Canaanites movement from 1943 composed by Yonatan Ratosh who authored the early theoretical-ideological doctrine of the movement.
· 25 printed items issued by the Canaanites and the editorial of "Alef", including drafts and early versions of the movement platform, center's regulations for inner distribution, promotion leaflet enclosed with a souvenir-issue of "Alef" (with a stub to order a subscription), and some other items.
· 22 "declaration" forms - an official form on which those who intended to join the movement had to sign, declaring that they adopt the "Canaanite" ideology. 14 forms filled out by hand and 8 blank forms.
· "HaTechiya HaIvrit", draft of an essay or composition written by hand, with the early ideological ideas of the movement, basic definitions and the ideological change that it meant to initiate (1940s).
· 24 issues of "Alef", the central periodical of the Canaanites, edited by Yonatan Ratosh and Aharon Amir. Includes issues 1-19 (printed between 1951-1953), four unnumbered copies from the years 1971-1972, and an additional issue, earlier than the others, which was apparently printed in 1949 (including the first publication by Amos Keinan, the story "HaNoter Hamemushkaf im HaKarabina").
· "Permit to publish a paper", original permit issued by the State of Israel to distribute "Alef", dated 27.3.1950.
· 37 various handwritten paper items concerning the editorial of the paper and the Movement. Summaries of meetings, personal details of the movement's members, ideological arguments, early versions of the movement's platform and additional documentation on notes and various documents.
· 80 letters and drafts, out of correspondences between the editorial staff of "Alef" (mainly Aharon Amir) and various intellectuals. Among them: a letter to Aharon Amir from Gershom Schocken, on official stationery of "HaAretz" newspaper (1950), discussing the possibility of literary collaboration between the two; copies of letters from "Alef" editorial to the newspapers "Yediot Ahronot" and "Ma'ariv" in response to false publications and inaccuracies about the movement; a letter from 1950, from a Lehi member (signed "ex-Lehi member"), concerning the affinities and ideological gaps between Lehi movement and the Canaanites; a furious letter of response, not signed, written in a rude and disparaging language following an article published by Ze'ev Hanun in the paper; copy of a request submitted in 1949 to the Rector of the Hebrew University, asking to let Yonatan Ratosh deliver a guest-lecture in the university; and more.
· Two promotional posters for issues of "Alef" (January and September 1951), and one small poster.
· About 140 press cuttings from various newspapers in which articles about the Canaanites movement and its members have been published, from the years 1951-1952.
· Additional items.
Size and condition vary. Fair-good overall condition. Folding marks, stains, creases and some tears to part of the items. Filing holes to several items. Open tears to several items, not affecting text.
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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $21,250
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Der Judenstaat, Versuch Einer Modernen Lösung Der Judenfrage [The Jewish State, an attempt to find a modern solution to the Jewish Question] by Theodor Herzl. Vienna-Leipzig: M. Breitenstein, 1896. German. First edition. Printed in 300 copies.
"The Jewish State: an attempt to find a modern solution to the Jewish Question". The famous book by Herzl, in which he presents the Jewish question and the need to find a political-national solution. This copy includes the original paper wrappers.
86 pp, 24 cm. Good condition. Unopened pages. Some tears and creases at margins of leaves. Some stains (most stains on wrappers and on title page). Margins of title page and a number of other leaves are slightly dark. Creases to wrappers. Front wrapper partly detached.
"The Jewish State: an attempt to find a modern solution to the Jewish Question". The famous book by Herzl, in which he presents the Jewish question and the need to find a political-national solution. This copy includes the original paper wrappers.
86 pp, 24 cm. Good condition. Unopened pages. Some tears and creases at margins of leaves. Some stains (most stains on wrappers and on title page). Margins of title page and a number of other leaves are slightly dark. Creases to wrappers. Front wrapper partly detached.
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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: Unsold
Seven books by Franz Kafka, first editions, in original covers. Published by "Kurt Wolf" and "Die Schmiede". Berlin, Munich and Leipzig, 1913-1924. German.
Franz Kafka (1882-1924) is widely regarded as one of the major figures of German language 20th century literature. In his books, stories and essays he depicted realistically the distresses of modern society, the atmosphere in Europe between the World Wars, and the complexity of his Jewish origin.
Kafka did not publish much during his lifetime, and except for a limited circle of acquaintances and authors, he remained almost anonymous. In 1912 his friend Max Brod presented his writings to the publisher Kurt Wolff (who published the first books by Franz Werfel, Axel Munthe, and others). Wolff was very impressed and decided to publish the books.
The complicated attitude of Kafka towards his work is well reflected in these modest booklets; the author considered it adequate to publish only very few of his stories, but asked to print them in as large letters as possible, so that they will resemble a complete book (a book which he was hoping to publish all his life). In his last days Kafka felt such an aversion towards his works that he asked to collect the booklets and destroy them.
1-2. Der Heizer [the stoker]. Leipzig: Kurt Wolf, 1913. First edition. Two copies.
46, [1] pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor damages to wrappers.
3. Das Urteil [The Judgement]. Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, 1916. First edition.
28, [2] pp, 21.5 cm. Body of book in good condition, stains. Wrappers in fair-poor condition: front wrapper detached. Open tears.
4. Ein Landarzt [A Country Doctor]. Munich and Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, 1919. First Edition.
[4], 189, [2] pp. Approx. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Defects to cover. Ex Libris.
5. In der Strafkolonie [In the Penal Colony]. Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, 1919. First edition. Fine edition, printed in 1000 copies, on paper of good quality. Binding covered with marbled paper, with leather spine and a bound bookmark.
68, [2] pp, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Damages to spine and corners of cover. Ex Libris.
6-7. Ein Hungerkünstler [A Hunger Artist]. Berlin: Die Schmiede, 1924. First edition. First published in the literary magazine "Neue Rundschau" in 1922. Kafka's first book published posthumously. Two copies: one in a cardboard binding and one in a cloth-covered binding.
85, [2] pp, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Lacking spine of cardboard binding. Ex Libris in the volume with cloth covered binding.
Franz Kafka (1882-1924) is widely regarded as one of the major figures of German language 20th century literature. In his books, stories and essays he depicted realistically the distresses of modern society, the atmosphere in Europe between the World Wars, and the complexity of his Jewish origin.
Kafka did not publish much during his lifetime, and except for a limited circle of acquaintances and authors, he remained almost anonymous. In 1912 his friend Max Brod presented his writings to the publisher Kurt Wolff (who published the first books by Franz Werfel, Axel Munthe, and others). Wolff was very impressed and decided to publish the books.
The complicated attitude of Kafka towards his work is well reflected in these modest booklets; the author considered it adequate to publish only very few of his stories, but asked to print them in as large letters as possible, so that they will resemble a complete book (a book which he was hoping to publish all his life). In his last days Kafka felt such an aversion towards his works that he asked to collect the booklets and destroy them.
1-2. Der Heizer [the stoker]. Leipzig: Kurt Wolf, 1913. First edition. Two copies.
46, [1] pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor damages to wrappers.
3. Das Urteil [The Judgement]. Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, 1916. First edition.
28, [2] pp, 21.5 cm. Body of book in good condition, stains. Wrappers in fair-poor condition: front wrapper detached. Open tears.
4. Ein Landarzt [A Country Doctor]. Munich and Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, 1919. First Edition.
[4], 189, [2] pp. Approx. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Defects to cover. Ex Libris.
5. In der Strafkolonie [In the Penal Colony]. Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, 1919. First edition. Fine edition, printed in 1000 copies, on paper of good quality. Binding covered with marbled paper, with leather spine and a bound bookmark.
68, [2] pp, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Damages to spine and corners of cover. Ex Libris.
6-7. Ein Hungerkünstler [A Hunger Artist]. Berlin: Die Schmiede, 1924. First edition. First published in the literary magazine "Neue Rundschau" in 1922. Kafka's first book published posthumously. Two copies: one in a cardboard binding and one in a cloth-covered binding.
85, [2] pp, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Lacking spine of cardboard binding. Ex Libris in the volume with cloth covered binding.
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Rare and Important Items
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Auction 53 - Rare and Important Items
November 15, 2016
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $5,750
Including buyer's premium
Approximately 70 family books and other material related to genealogy of German Jewry. Frankfurt, Berlin, Bonn, Manheim, Hannover, Cologne, Copenhagen, Rio de Janeiro, Jerusalem and other cities, 1879-1966 (most of the books were printed until the 1930s). German and some Hebrew.
Tens of family books, genealogies and documents gathered towards creating various genealogic compositions, which reveal details about Jewish families and their widespread relationships in Germany until World War II. The collection comprises books about outstanding and famous families alongside books that were printed in limited editions or bound privately for family use only.
Among the items:
· archive of materials gathers towards composing a book about the Warburg family, one of the largest and most prosperous families among German Jews: 28 genealogies of the various family branches, booklet with an index of names and an introduction, typewritten booklets, letters and handwritten notes.
· Family book of Eger, Margolis-Kalvaryski, Simon family, accompanied by a genealogy drawing by Dr. Michael (Fritz) Simon, private secretary of David Ben-Gurion and descendant of Mahram Padua, Rabbi Akiva Eger, the Maharshal and Maharal of Prague.
· 13 genealogies, printed on 14 separate sheets, recording the history of the Teutsch family from 1590 until the day of printing, 1936. Printed by a family member Albert (Albert Teutsch) who composed a genealogic record which was completed just before he was murdered in Auschwitz.
· Emmanuel I Pretender to the Throne of David, a rare booklet, apparently, tracing the descendants of King David to his "last inheritor", Emnuel Solnik. The booklet was probably printed in the mid-1940s.
· Books about the families: Zweig; Jolowicz; Valentin-Loewen; Katzenellenbogen; Wolf; Bruck; Birnbaum; Fleckeles; Goldsmidt-Cassel; Löwenstein-Port; Ettlinger-Friemann-Horovitz; Heimann; Eltzbacher; and others.
On many books appear corrections, additions, names and dates written by hand. Some of the items are not listed in OCLC.
A complete list will be sent upon request.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Creases, stains and tears (mostly small). Damages to bindings of some of the books.
Tens of family books, genealogies and documents gathered towards creating various genealogic compositions, which reveal details about Jewish families and their widespread relationships in Germany until World War II. The collection comprises books about outstanding and famous families alongside books that were printed in limited editions or bound privately for family use only.
Among the items:
· archive of materials gathers towards composing a book about the Warburg family, one of the largest and most prosperous families among German Jews: 28 genealogies of the various family branches, booklet with an index of names and an introduction, typewritten booklets, letters and handwritten notes.
· Family book of Eger, Margolis-Kalvaryski, Simon family, accompanied by a genealogy drawing by Dr. Michael (Fritz) Simon, private secretary of David Ben-Gurion and descendant of Mahram Padua, Rabbi Akiva Eger, the Maharshal and Maharal of Prague.
· 13 genealogies, printed on 14 separate sheets, recording the history of the Teutsch family from 1590 until the day of printing, 1936. Printed by a family member Albert (Albert Teutsch) who composed a genealogic record which was completed just before he was murdered in Auschwitz.
· Emmanuel I Pretender to the Throne of David, a rare booklet, apparently, tracing the descendants of King David to his "last inheritor", Emnuel Solnik. The booklet was probably printed in the mid-1940s.
· Books about the families: Zweig; Jolowicz; Valentin-Loewen; Katzenellenbogen; Wolf; Bruck; Birnbaum; Fleckeles; Goldsmidt-Cassel; Löwenstein-Port; Ettlinger-Friemann-Horovitz; Heimann; Eltzbacher; and others.
On many books appear corrections, additions, names and dates written by hand. Some of the items are not listed in OCLC.
A complete list will be sent upon request.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Creases, stains and tears (mostly small). Damages to bindings of some of the books.
Category
Rare and Important Items
Catalogue Value